Legal Opinion
Van Jackson v. Check 'N Go of Illinois, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 13, 2000No. 99-C-7319PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
The plaintiffs took out “payday loans” from Check n’ Go of Illinois. Payday loans are short term loans at very high interest rates — here, up to 521.43% annually — for which the creditor requires as “security” a postdated check that can be cashed on the debtor’s next payday. The plaintiffs sued for statutory damages under the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1601, et seq. (“TILA”) and Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. §§ 226.17-18 (count I), several individual TILA claims (count II), a common law contract claim of unconseionability (count III), and…
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